 them heart and life, though they should clothe 'God with shape and colour. Leave your theory, as Joseph his coat in the hand of the harlot, and flee. A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers 'and...  Essays - Page 47by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1884 - 538 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Ralph Waldo [essays] Emerson - 1853 - 214 pages
...metaphysics you have denied personality to the Deity : yet when the devout motions of the soul come, yield to them heart and life, though they should clothe God...philosophers and divines. With consistency a great sold has simply nothing to do. He may as well concern himself with his shadow on the wall. Speak what... | |
 | Fredrika Bremer - 1853 - 664 pages
...of your own mind. Absolve you to yourself, and you shall have the suffrage of the world. " A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored...philosophers, and divines. "With consistency a great soul has simply nothing to do. Speak out what you think to-day in words as hard as cannon-balls, and to-morrow... | |
 | Fredrika Bremer - 1853 - 468 pages
...own mind. Absolve you to yourself, and you shall have the suffrage of the world. * * * * " A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored...philosophers, and divines. With consistency a great soul has simply nothing to do. Speak out what you think to-day in words as hard as cannon-balls, and to-morrow... | |
 | Fredrika Bremer - 1858 - 702 pages
...your own mind. Absolve you to yourself, and you shall have the suffrage of the world. ' • A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored...philosophers, and divines. With consistency a great soul has simply nothing to do. Speak out what you think to-day in words as hard as cannon-balls, and to-morrow... | |
 | Philip Gilbert Hamerton - 1862 - 524 pages
...that Emerson has given us, I know of none more eternally true than these mighty ones : " A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored...philosophers, and divines. With consistency, a great soul has simply nothing to do. He may as well concern himself with his shadow on the wall. Speak what you think... | |
 | Ephraim Langdon Frothingham - 1864 - 490 pages
...of the soul, come, yield to them heart and life, though they should clothe God in shape and color. Leave your theory, as Joseph his coat in the hand...philosophers and divines. With consistency, a great soul has simply nothing to do. If you would be a man, speak what you think to-day, in words as hard as cannon-balls... | |
 | Ephraim Langdon Frothingham - 1864 - 520 pages
...motions of the soul come, yield to them heart and life, though they should clothe God in shape and color. Leave your theory, as Joseph his coat in the hand...philosophers and divines. With consistency, a great soul has simply nothing to do. If you would be a man, speak'what you think to-day, in words as hard as cannon-balls;... | |
 | Theodore Parker - 1864 - 626 pages
...38, 51—5i Hence a man must be true to his present conviction, careless of consistency: " A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored...statesmen and philosophers and divines. With consistency« great soul has simply nothing to do. He may as well concern himself with his shadow on the wall. Out... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1870 - 574 pages
...metaphysics you have denied personality to the Deity : yet when the devout motions of the soul come, yield to them heart and life, though they should clothe God with shape and color. Leave your theory, as Joseph his coat in the hand of the harlot, and flee. A foolish consistency... | |
 | Jacob Merrill Manning - 1872 - 544 pages
...metaphysics you have denied personality to the Deity; yet when the devout motions of the soul come, yield to them heart and life, though they should clothe God with shape and color. Leave your theory, as Joseph his coat in the hand of the harlot, and flee." l Certainly we are... | |
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